How was your week? Mine was awesome! Of course you know that 🙂 I will be posting all my recaps next week; I have so much to tell you all, 2000 pictures to look through, and so many thoughts to get down! But for today I’ll take a break from DC lovin’ and talk about my big brother! Today is his 20th birthday! I can not believe how time flies! I can’t believe he is 20 years old. I still will always cherish all of our memories when we were little kiddos. All the made up stories and games we would play. Give us some stuffed animals or Legos and we could be kept busy for hours on end.

My brother and I always had a good relationship. We were never at each others throats. He was not the big older brother torturing his little sister. Maybe it was because we are only 2 years apart, but we were also calm and cool kids. We were not crying, crazy, out of control kids you see running rampant in stores with oblivious parents. We were mature form the beginning which probably led us to a better relationship. We used to be closer though, but now we don’t talk much, maybe that us because he is off at college, but he is able to come home often. I wish we had a closer relationship, but our interests are just so opposite. But we can still always tell what the other is thinking, we can give each other looks and will know what the other means. I will be seeing him even less next year when I go off to college, but I know he will always be there for me when I need him. And I always do and I always will, and I love him 🙂

Happy 20th birthday Jimmy! You are the greatest brother a girl could have. Thank you for being in this crazy family of ours, being yourself, and loving us all. Even if you struggle with boiling a pot of water or washing off a piece of fruit, I still look up to you! 😉 Love and hugs always <3

Okay, now changing topics, here is my 15th link-up to FTSF (Finish The Sentence Friday)! FTSF is that you are given a sentence each week and you finish it however you want, long or short. This week’s sentence was, “The best decision I ever made was…”

The best decision I ever made was the one I officially made on Wednesday. After seeing GW last June I knew it was my #1 school. I kept dreaming about it, not only the school, but DC as well. I was so sad for days and days after we came back home. I knew I needed to go back, I knew that was where I wanted to take my life next. Well low-and-behold I applied and was accepted to my dream school and just got to visit again this week. Nothing has changed and the moment we arrived in DC, still driving in the car, I was holding back tears. The happiness and joy that that city brings me is something I have never felt. I have only ever lived here in Jersey and I haven’t experienced many places, but there is something about DC that makes me know 100% that is where I want to be. So GW is the absolute perfect place for me. First, it’s in the heart of the greatest city, literally 1 or 2 blocks from the White House. It has the most amazing opportunities at the Elliot School of International Affairs for my intended major of International Affairs focusing on national security and Middle East studies (as well as economics!). The internships I could get are like no other, the professors and speakers…just pure magic and wisdom. Everything is at my finger tips, everything I want, everything I need! The opportunity to break away from every mundane routine I have been living by for years and to finally branch out full force in to something so crazy, new, unpredictable, and exciting! So on Wednesday (the last morning we were there before we left), I went to the admissions office and signed my life away official enrollment agreement. When the girl at the desk handed me the paper, my mom got her phone out to snap a picture and I was trying my best to hold back the flood of tears again. I still can’t believe it. It still hasn’t really hit me yet. But I can’t stop thinking about it either. So with a full heart, I am proud to say that I am and will be forevermore a Colonial! Raise High Class of 2018!

(That is no fake picture smile, that is a genuine real smile which I have not had in a very long time.)

This is my dream. The hard work and ambition has payed off. This is the start of my new life, and the opportunity of a lifetime. I truly as speechless and so grateful. This will be my new home and I can not be any happier! (So scared and horrified) but so so happy, elated, ecstatic, jubilant, thrilled, overjoyed, grateful, humbled, just…no words.

Ah, one sentimental post, huh? 😉 Well let’s all just be happy and celebrate our lives. No matter if it is a birthday, a life decision, or even just a successful week of workouts, celebrate life, celebrate love, celebrate happiness! And finish it off with some great reads!

I actually have stopped going to Group Power the last few months, so I have not been to a gym in a while. I miss the class, but I am perfectly content with my new workout schedule. Monday night is now another yoga night for me!

You may be surprised, but I use a lot of things past or right to their expiration date. I would never do that for meats, but for things like veggies, almond milk, and hummus, (I even like snacks part their best by date! Haha stale crackers = win!) I am okay with it.

+ GW, my trip to DC, and my grandparents who were the ones to make that trip possible! I tried to keep it secret for you guys and wanted to do a huge big surprise reveal post with my decision, but if you follow me on socialmedia or even just read some of my posts about DC or college, I am sure you knew right away where I was going 😉

+ My NJ congressman from the House of Representatives is coming in to my AP government class today! I think I told you all about this, but I contacted he to see if he would speak to us. And because I am awesome nice and kind, I got it to happen! Just bringing a little DC to my classmates, haha!

+ I am looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend. Even though I wish I could still be in DC, it is nice to be in your own bed, have time to just get your life organized, do some major cooking, yoga it out, and reflect on your life!

So Tell Me:

+ Was the college you finally chose, the one, how did you know, am I the only one this emotional about it!? I wrote in one of my essays for GW that when I first stepped on campus, it felt like how they say putting on a wedding dress is supposed to feel. I knew it was the right one from that second. All the other schools I saw did not give me that feeling. They were nothing like GW. GW is my wedding dress!